Funny you say that considering you're trying to argue the exact opposite regarding Caufield and Robertson. While Robertson was dominating against kids, Caufield was producing at a ppg rate against men and lead his conference in goals as a rookie. There is no doubt that Caufield would've destroyed the ohl had he played there. The same guy who holds the record for most career goals in the NTDP, and most goals in a single season, which was previously held by Kessel and Matthews.
Also, you realize that had Caufield played 1 more game in his draft-1 season, he could've beaten Matthews record then? Matthews scored 55 goals in 60 games in his draft-1 season at the NTDP, Caufield scored 54 goals in 59 games.
I mean, if you want to tell me that Caufield had a better draft season than Robertson and Caufield would've done great in the CHL last year, I wouldn't be one to argue it. I'm just saying draft+1 season, Robertson was better. He was more impressive at the WJC. And he was good enough to jump from a borderline 2020 draft pick to playing in 4 NHL playin games during the playoffs this year on a pretty solid Leafs team.
I know Caufield doesn't have that opportunity since he plays NCAA so the comparison isn't fair but like I said. There's a good shot that Robertson might play in the NHL this year for the Leafs and there's a realistic chance that Robertson might end up with nearly 50-100 games under his belt in the NHL before Caufield hit NHL ice full time. Which is very impressive for a kid that was drafted 30 picks later and one who flew under the radar during his draft year.
Like I said in another post. Caufield had crazy hype coming into the draft and rightfully so. But as of last season, I saw Robertson put up numbers that match the Caufield hype. Long run, Caufield has a shot at a bigger role and opportunities than Robertson will be afforded but that added pressure can lead him to bust a lot more.
It's pretty crazy that we're even having an argument about a Leafs prospect/ future secondary players comparing them to other teams top prospects and hopefuls. I would've never thought I'd see the day.
Wasn't too long ago that we'd be sitting there salivating at the prospects of having Robertson and Amirov as our future top line players. Even guys like Korshkov, Abruzzese, Abramov, SDA. As good as they've been, they might not even see NHL daylight. These guys would've been touted as future top 6 hopefuls on the Leafs not too long ago.